ENTRY DESCRIPTION
While attending a photography workshop in Cuba in February 2024, I had the opportunity to photograph ballerinas from Cuba’s acclaimed Ballet Nacional de Cuba at a mansion in the Vedado neighborhood. We worked individually with the dancers, requesting that they pose in various spaces. I focused on adding depth to my photos by incorporating elements in both the foreground and background. I particularly liked this photo because I felt it captured the significance of ballet in Cuban culture—where ballerinas earn a respectable wage of $30 a month—while also highlighting the limitations on freedom of expression in a country where the government controls all media and restricts access to outside information.

AUTHOR
I'm a photographer and writer from Columbus, Ohio, working full-time as a photographer for The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. I'm also a freelance travel writer and photographer. I enjoy exploring small towns across the United States with my husband, Mike Pramik, and our two children, Rosie and Max.

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